Early life and education

Tate was born in Bloomsbury and brought up in the Brunswick Centre. Her mother, Josephine, was a florist, and Tate has said that the character of Margaret in The Catherine Tate Show, who shrieks at the slightest of disturbances, is based largely on Josephine.

Tate never knew her father as he left very early on in her life and, consequently, she was brought up in a female-dominated environment, being cared for by her mother, grandmother and her godparents. As a child, Tate suffered from an obsessive-compulsive disorder which centred on word association. For example, Tate was not able to leave a jumper on the floor or it might have brought misfortune to her mother whose name began with the letter "J" like jumper.

The series is the first to star Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor, the most recent incarnation of the Doctor, an alien Time Lord who travels through time and space in his TARDIS, which appears to be a British police box on the outside. It also stars Jenna Coleman as his companion, Clara Oswald. Also playing a major recurring role in the series is Samuel Anderson as Danny Pink, Clara's boyfriend. The main story arc revolves around a mysterious woman called Missy (portrayed by Michelle Gomez), who is often seen welcoming people who have died throughout the series to the "Promised Land", a place that serves as an apparent afterlife to deceased characters. Missy's true identity is later revealed to be the Doctor's arch-enemy, the Master, who has hatched a plan using the help of the Cybermen and through manipulation of the Doctor and Clara's relationship.

Guest stars

Jack Watling makes his first and last appearances in the series as Professor Edward Travers in the serials The Abominable Snowmen and The Web of fear. Watling would go on to reprise his role of Travers thirty years on in the spin-off TV film Downtime.

Tate is used as the operating name for the corporate body, which was established by the Museums and Galleries Act 1992 as The Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery.

The gallery was founded in 1897, as the National Gallery of British Art. When its role was changed to include the national collection of modern art as well as the national collection of British art, in 1932, it was renamed the Tate Gallery after sugar magnate Henry Tate of Tate & Lyle, who had laid the foundations for the collection. The Tate Gallery was housed in the current building occupied by Tate Britain, which is situated in Millbank, London. In 2000, the Tate Gallery transformed itself into the current-day Tate, or the Tate Modern, which consists of a federation of four museums: Tate Britain, which displays the collection of British art from 1500 to the present day; Tate Modern, which is also in London, houses the Tate's collection of British and international modern and contemporary art from 1900 to the present day. Tate Liverpool has the same purpose as Tate Modern but on a smaller scale, and Tate St Ives displays modern and contemporary art by artists who have connections with the area. All four museums share the Tate Collection. One of the Tate's most publicised art events is the awarding of the annual Turner Prize, which takes place at Tate Britain.

Series overview

David McLean starred as Tate, who lost the use of his left arm during the American Civil War. Because he was injured at the Battle of Vicksburg in Mississippi, Tate's arm is covered in black leather and a glove and supported by a sling. Tate is a widower, but the cause of the death of his wife, Mary, is not specified in the series, although a gunfight seems likely. Tate had left his hometown as a teenager because of such a fight. At the urging of Marshal Morty Taw, whom viewers meet in the pilot episode, "Home Town", Tate arrives to help Taw hang an old childhood friend , played by James Coburn ,who has murdered four people.

The Invasion

Creation's groaning, lost their hope and feel they always closed in Lots tocope with, on the ropes, wish they was in the open This broken world is sodim, our souls are searching, groping For one with hope to hold us close,and set goodness in motion I remember growing up in Dallas, I thought meand my close kin Was more than straight, our folks was great, not brokethat paper flowed in Not boasting man, just saying in my brain I didn'tknow then That all went wrong, and it just can't go right like a broke penMy mind was blind and cloaked in, but then that foolishness departed I sawthis thing's an ocean, and we just tryna swim real far but But can't nobodyfloat when we ain't got boats or no fins We need a hero to go in, cause oursolutions don't win Education can't fix it, more dough just leads to moresin Medicine is temporary, government seems so thin With all these weightyproblems, that ain't shrinking they just growing Who's adequate to save us,how about He knew no sin?Like a G5 yeah you rushed to rescue me Took a cross in exchange for a crownto save me You began the work and I know you'll finish And make all thingsright when you come back Cause you're my hero, you already saved the dayCause you're my hero, and I know you're coming back for meFollow the steps bro, Adam sinned now we all dead so We gotta sentence onour head like death row, everything is wrecked All creation is a mess bro,In the fullness of time, in steps the hero no red cloak, He's Jesus Noflashing lights, glitz n glam, and no cameras He came to serve needy folks,and point them to the answer You see Him healing, feeding folks, andtelling them the standard Our most basic need is to be ransomed by Jesus Ithas first place, yeah we separated in the worst ways Even physically peephow the earth quakes Separated socially, murder and the worst rapes Evenseparated from ourselves, we in the worst state It's so major, that's thereason that we need a Savior Cause the root of needs is separation fromCreator Jesus came humbly to restore us to our maker And later He'llrestore all that He made bruh, He's JesusGod is not pleased man, it's clear that His standards missed The world isrunning rampant with, sin it's an abandonment Man is feeling stranded,feeling hopeless since his banishment God is angry at the distortion andthe mismanagement Evil is at work, but don't be thinking He can't handle itHe promised He would do away with all of it, dismantle it He's put up withthis damage in His world, but He's promised us That He'll destroy all Hisenemies and then He'll walk with us New Heaven, new Earth that's where allHis sheep dwell Cause Jesus succeeded in every part of life that we failedDied the death we couldn't die, paid our price with 3 nails Began the workHe promised, in the end we all will be well Already beat his enemies andwhen His Kingdom's realized All those who oppose Him will see Jesus withsome real eyes Deliverance is offered us, the hero He is urging usSalvation is exclusive to His people who have turned to trustI give my gratitude (Jesus). You died to make all things new. My knight inarmour when our world is fallen. Your love's never failing. I find safety